Letters
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Dear SpurtleI have resided in Bellevue Road for a great number of years and have just returned from holiday to find that, for the third time, the…
Monday, 19 September 2011
Dear Spurtle With estimated costs of the Edinburgh to Galashiels railway line steaming rapidly towards £300 million, surely now is the time to pull…
Friday, 02 September 2011
Dear Sir/Madam Edinburgh Council's grudging decision to build the trams to St Andrew Square does not go far enough. Having suffered so much…
Monday, 08 August 2011
Dear SirCivitas is quite right to draw attention to the appalling state of financial affairs at the Equality and Human Rights Commission. However,…
Monday, 08 August 2011
Dear Sir/Madam, No doubt the liberal chattering classes will trip over themselves to blame poverty for the recent outbreak of looting and pillaging…
Monday, 08 August 2011
Dear SpurtleIn Issue 197 you once again reflect what I suspect is the common feeling about the encroachment of supermarkets on our environment ('…
Monday, 01 August 2011
Good day my dear friend, I assumed you are in good health with your family.I am Mr.James Kamby, the Director in charge of Auditing section Group of…
Friday, 22 July 2011
Dear Spurtle I was somewhat surprised to see that Royal Mail are currently operating a fleet of vans in Scotland which are sign-written in Welsh.…
Friday, 01 July 2011
[In Issue 196 we paraphrase Harald Tobermann's open letter to City of Edinburgh Councillors. Here we reproduce it in full.]Dear CouncillorsAs you…
Thursday, 30 June 2011
HOW ARE YOU TODAY? My name is Anthony and my sister Morine of our late Mr and parents Mrs Kone Kurubos. Our father was a highly reputable…
Monday, 06 June 2011
Dear Sir/Madam I fear that some of the advice given in the recent Mothers Unionreport on the sexualisation of children may prompt parents…
Thursday, 02 June 2011
Dear SpurtleWith the picture of your lovely gas light in mind [Issues 194–5], when you are next in the West End have a look at the new old lights on…
Wednesday, 01 June 2011
Dear Spurtle TeamThe lamppost featured in the May Spurtle is in Forth Street.It's interesting that you should intend running an article on these…
Wednesday, 01 June 2011
Dear SpurtleThe photo is of the junction of Union Street and Forth Street.The lamppost is MacKenzie & Moncur No. 101 according to Steven Oliver,…
Wednesday, 01 June 2011
Hello, The lamp stands at the junction of Forth and Union Streets – click the following link http://tinyurl.com/6xbkb73 We are about to…
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Dear Sir/Madam,With the massive savings in wages now that most of the Tram bosseshave handed in their notice, it should now be possible to complete…
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
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Monday, 16 May 2011
Dear Sir/MadamI am concerned that Edinburgh will become a laughing stock if thetrams are cancelled by the Council. Instead of opening the line from…
Friday, 06 May 2011
Dear SpurtleI am really wary about sounding like Angry from London Street, but surely the Council does need to justify a programme of four weeks'…
Tuesday, 03 May 2011
Dear SpurtleI am writing to clear up the confusion regarding the Taylor's Funfair Application [Issue 194, p.2 'Calton-hillies see off 'fun of the…